Embalming instrument.



R. T. PAYNE. EMBALMING INSTRUMENT.

APPLIUATIOH FILED MAY 12, 1910.

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' pulley 18, which is itself suspended by a cord UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

RICHARD T. PAYNE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

( .EMBALMING INSTRUM NT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. Ricnann T. PAYNE. a citizen of the United States.residing at- San l rancisco. in the'county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia. have invented new and useful Improvements in lhnbalmingInstruments, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvementin embahn-inginstruments, the object of the invention being to provide an instrumentof this character by which the operation of embahning can be performedwith comparative ease and very effectively.

In the accompanyingdrawingrthe figure is a perspective view of theapparatus. certain parts being shown in vertical section.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the end pieces of a frame or stand2, secured to gether at-the back by a bar 3, and at the top by twoparallel bars 4.

5 indicates a pump cylinder, in which reciprocates a plunger (5, havinga stem 7 adapted to be operatcd-bya handle 8. The upper end of thecylinder is closed by a cap 9 through which the stem of the plungerpasses, said cap having two holes 10 therein to permit the escape of airwhen the plunger is drawn up. The cylinder is supported upon the twoparallel bars 4 by a flange 11, while at the same time it can be movedlongitudinally of the frame and can also have a limited tiltingmovement. Below lsaid flange 8 is a second flange 12. Connexlted to thelower end of saidcylinder is a pipe 13 extending in line with the axisthereof and terminating in a nozzle 14 to which is connected a rubberhosepipe 15, leading from a vessel 16 adapted to be suspended at anysuitable height by a cord 17 leading over a 19 from a suitable support,as the ceiling of; a room. Extending laterally from the lower end ofsaid cylinder 5 is'a pipe 20, havin therein a valve 21, and on the endof sai pipe is a flexible tube 22 connected by a Y coupling 23 with twoflexible tubes 24, 25. The tube 24 is for use with the femoral arteriesand the tube 25 for use with the bronchial arteries. The tube 24 isconnected by a Y-coupling 26 with two flexible tubes 27 and the flexibletube 25 is connected by a Specification of Letters Patent.

Y-coupling 28 with two flexible tubes 29 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed May 12, 1910. Serial No. 560,806.

Secured to the ends of the flexible tubes 22, 29, are finely pointednozzles 30. Each of rubber tubes 21 29 has thereon a pinch cock 31 sothat in case one, two or three nozzles need to b'e'closed, they can beshut off in a moment. Tncase they all need to be closed, this can bedone by turning the valve 21. v

The instrument is used in the following manner: The stand with thecylinder thereon issuitably placed relatively to the corpse to betreated. The respective nozzles are intro duced into the femoral andbronchial arteries. By pulling upward upon the handle of the pump apowerful suction is created through said nozzles, which tends toloosenerally found in the arteries after death, thus permitting thecmbalming fluid to penetrate into said arteries and to pass fullytherethrough. The glass receptacle is lowered and a sufficient quantityof embalming fluid is poured thereinto, and then it is raised intoposition-by means of the pulley. When elevated to such height as thecondition of the body may require, the fluid "will flow by gravity-downthrough the rubber hose into the airpump and therefrom into therespective nozzles and thence into the arteries, no pumping beingordinarily necessary. At

the same time the pressure on the fluid can be increased, if necessary,by

the application of force to the pump plunger.

I claim: The combination of a ,frame, a cylinder movably supported uponsaidirame, a plunger therein having a stem extending through the top ofsaid cylinder, a hose pipe eonnected to the lower portion of-jsaidcylinder, a vessel connected to'.the u per end of said pipe, meanswhereby the helght of the vessel may be varied, flexible pipes, meansfor conmeeting them to the lower end of the cylinder, and finely pointednozzles connected to the ends of said pipes remote from the c'ylinder,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence 'of twosubscribing witnesses.

. RICHARD T. PAYNE.

Witnesses F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS,

